Car-coupling



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

A. E. LEWIS & W. R. GOSBY.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 437,761. Patented Oct. '7, 1890.

WITNESSES: V IIVVi/VTO ATTORNEY e1.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

A. E. LEWIS & W. R. OOSBY.

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Patented Oct. 7, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALVIS E. LINVIS AND WILLIAM R. COSBY, OF EVANSVILLE, ARKANSAS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,761, dated October 7, 1890.

Application filed July 23, 1890 Serial No. 359,637. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALvIs E. LEWIS and WILLIAM R. CosBY, citizens of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Washington and State of Arkansas, have lnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplers; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention has relation to car-couplers; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the end of a car with our invention attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the coupler. Fig. 3 isa view of part of the bottom of the car with our invention attached thereto.

Our invention is described as follows: lVe cast a bulk-head A, with the elongated neck a, a deep throat a, with enlargements in its top and bottom, an elongated slot a perforations a a a and shoulders e and e.

In the slot 0, is securely fixed by a band B one end of a spring-rod I), having an L-extension 5. The other end of said spring passes forward and terminates in a hook 12 which passes down through the slot a and enters the slot or. The front edge of said hook rests firmly against the front walls of the slots a and a which are out on a circle. Said hook is provided on its top with an eye b Through the perforation a is driven a plug a, the ends of which extend beyond the diameter of the elongated neck for some little distance on each side.

The bulk-head and its attachments are placed in a box 0, which is attached to the bottom of the car. The bottom of said box is open, and on its inside are secured the lugs c c and c 0, against which rest the shoulders c and plug a, respectively, and said box is braced on its bottom by a plate 0 and a guide 0 which passes through a staple c on the bottom of the bulk-head. (See Fig. 3.) Said bulk-head is further provided with a bumperspring 0, one end of which rests against the lugs c and the other presses against the rear edge of the band B on the bulk-head. This keeps the front edge of the band B and the plug a against the rear edge of the lugs c and 0, respectively. The mouth of the box C is suifi ciently wide to admit of a sway from side to side in the bulkhead as the cars go around curves.

To raise the hook b we have a chain attached to the eye 0*. Said chain can be worked by either a lever on the top of the car or by a roller and wheel fixed a convenient height so that it can be reached by aperson standing on the ground and not between the cars.

Our invention is operated as follows: 111 the bulk-head of an adjoining car we place a link, then back the car and let the link enter the mouth of bulk-head A. When the link strikes the inclined edge of the hook b said hook will fly up and admit the link to the throat of the bulk-head. \Vhen the link is in, the book will fly back in place and act as apin. Said link can be released either from the top of the car by pressing on the free end of the lever or from the ground by winding the chain around the rolleron the end of the car. Should we wish to couple with a low car, we let the inner end of the link rest in the upper e11- largement of the throat of the bulk-head and let the other end extend downward through the mouth of said bulk-head, and should we wish to couple with a high car we let the inner end of the link fall in the lower enlargement and the outer end extend upward through the mouth of said bulkhead.

With this coupler anyof the links now used on railroads may be used, or a curved link D may be used with great convenience when coupling with higher or lower cars.

Having described our invent-ion, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A car-coupler consistin of the bulk-head A, band B, spring Z), hook Zr, and plug a, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a car-coupler, the combination of the bulk-head A, band B, spring 12, hook 19 box 0, lugs c and c, brace 0 and spring 0 substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

, 3. The combination of the bulk-head A,hav-

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ing in its throat the enlargements described and in its head the perforations a and a and extending along its upper. face a slot a ending in a depression d, shoulders e e, and in its neck the perforation a spring 17, having the L-extension fitting in the depression cl and the hook 5 Working in the perforations a and a and the eye 6 band B, securing the rear end of spring-bfirnily in the said slot a and depression d, box 0, secured to the bot tom of the ear, having the lugs c and 0, against which latter rests the plug a and shoulders 0, guide 0 secured to said'box, and

staple a, passing over said guide and having each end secured to the lower face of said [5 bulk-head, all substantially as shown and de- 7 scribed, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

' ALVIS E. LEWIS.

WVILLIAM R. OOSBY.

WVitnesses: 7

WILLIAM S. WILLIAMS, GEO. W. STovALL. 

